shorthand comments

A vehicle /truck / boat or plane

Emergency medical technician (used to be BLS)

incubator capable ambulance that carries medical air

Stations within a division

Co-response unit

nearest intersection

District operations manager

Responsible for duty team

Watch operational management of all regional road staff eg. red, blue ,green , brown

An area within a jurisdiction eg N- Auckland north, C Central east, S- christchurch

First response unit

areas from which a hospital will accept pts depending on injury

indicates the times that a unit reached certain status in the incident

regions within an agency: Centralcomm WFA, Northcomm St John Northern, Southcomm St John NRSI

the type of incident

Send a comment to a unit and /or all workstations

Call sign used by shift supervisors when and if they are 'on the road'

Immediately life threatening (cardiac /resp arrest)

immediately life threatening or time critical

Urgent /potentially serious but not immediately life threatening

non-urgent, dispatched immediately as available

non -urgent. Further telephone triage appropriate if available

Safe forward point

formerly known as ILS Intermediate Life support

Basic life support unit- EMT and below capable

includes first aid and former PC1, PC2

Intensive care paramedic Formerly known as ALS and AP

Primary response in a medical emergency. A group of rural GPs and nurses who provide emergency call out services

Single crewed non-trnasport unit with ALS or ILS paramedic on board. Assess, refer, treat Pts in own home to reduce number of transports

Specialised RRU with a variety of skills on board

The PIN or code given for billing purposes

dead

critical problem with immediate threat to life

Serious problem with potential threat to life

Moderate problem- unlikely to threaten life

Minor problem with no threat to life

High BP

Low BP

Stoppage of breathing

fainting